If you launch console.app from Applications/utilities .... are there any error messages in the logfile.
That might give you an indication/error code and may point you further in the investigation as to why these apps. have a problem.

Cheers ... McBie

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude towards the problem. You understand ?